DOS Games Discussion

So I have found my copy of iron assault.
I would like to see if I can run it on XP.
I installed it on the C drive.
I went to command prompt, which I'm aware isn't real dos.
I tried to enter the code the game suggested.

C: (enter) - Didn't accept it.
CD/IRON (enter) - didn't accept it, though I was kinda clutching at loose straws here
Iron (enter) - didnt accept it - i thought it might work :S

Now I'm stuck. I hate using you all for info, but I just wanna play Iron assault.

Videopacker wrote:...but I just wanna play Iron assault

Gonna need some effort from your side to 'just play Iron Assault'....
Is a dosgame, forget running it directly in XP or XP command window, you'll need dosbox.

Your first steps:
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5443
Yes, you gonna need that.
Next install the game whithin dowbox and run it in dosbox.

Edited your topic tittle to something more understandable ......

Thank you. apologies for the delay.

I've got Dosbox. Mounted the C drive.

When I type install the menu comes up for language selection, but when you select it an error occurs.

"Cannot open install.inf."

Can that be worked around?

Ta

Your C mount line ....???? Detailed please.

Also: Iron Assault is a CD game, you also need to mount your CD as D drive in dosbox and install game from D on C within dosbox.
mount d x:\ -t cdrom
Replace X:\ by real CD drive letter in dosbox.

After you mounted C and D go to D: and input install

Install game and you're all done, simply accept everything proposed (need to check that, been a while I installed game, but I don't remember any problems there ... )
Also: best create a CD image (ISO) from your CD and use imgmount to mount it s D drive, will run better than the real CD.

Ok. I will have a proper attempt tomorrow.
Initially that seems complicated.

Thanks

Checked install procedure, it's really simple and straight forward.

First of all, install dosbox properly in XP, read and apply
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5443

Next , as said, mount CD or CD image(better) as D and install from D on C.

(mount( lines are mine of course, eventually adapt to your drives/image)

Accept all


Next setup sound card properly for dosbox

Correct settings are:
Adress 220
IRQ 7 and NOT 5 as proposed, alter to 7
DMA 1

alter mouse/keyb/joystick at your wishes .....

All done, run game from C:\iron with iron


Next time you wanna play:
C and D must be mounted
Input:
cd iron
iron

That's it.
Should you encounter problems: please give all your mount lines detailed and your inputs/choices.

Should you need a soft to create dosbox compat CD images:
http://www.imgburn.com/
Freeware and really good.

Hi. I successfully got this game to work but stuck with another problem. The game just doesn't save my progress. Any time i exit game, all profiles reset, with no progress on them. I removed "read-only" status from all files and folders, but with no effect. Any ideas how to solve this?